Athenians Quote by Plutarch

“Whilst he was very young, he was a soldier in the expedition against Potidaea, where Socrates lodged in the same tent with him, and…

— Plutarch

Alcibiades had a very handsome dog, that cost him seven thousand drachmas; and he cut off his tail, "that," said he, "the Athenians may…

— Plutarch

“There was a young man favorably endowed as an Alcibiades. He lost his way in the world. In his need he looked about for…

— Soren Kierkegaard

“I have provided a possible explanation for Antiochus's insane foolhardiness when left in command of the Athenian Fleet, because Thucidides's bald account is so…

— Rosemary Sutcliff

I think Socrates was fascinated by Alcibiades. It's almost the opposite of hypocrisy. I think it's like when you can see the potential in…

— Bettany Hughes

Demosthenes told Phocion, "The Athenians will kill you some day when they once are in a rage." "And you," said he, "if they are…

— Plutarch

“How you, O Athenians, have been affected by my accusers, I cannot tell; but I know that they almost made me forget who I…

— Plato

“Antipater, in a letter written upon the death of Aristotle, the philosopher, observes, "Amongst his other gifts he had that of persuasiveness"; and the…

— Plutarch

“He prudently declined the tribunal of his enemies; despised the summons of the synod of Caesarea; and, after a long and artful delay, submitted…

— Edward Gibbon

The Athenians had an oath for someone who was about to become a citizen. They had to swear that 'I shall leave the city…

— Richard Rogers

“It was about that time [415 BCE] that the poet Diagoras of Melos was proscribed for atheism, he having declared that the non-punishment of…

— J. M. Robertson

I am now even more persuaded of the urgent need to study why Socrates was accused. The dislike of philosophy is perennial, and the…

— Allan Bloom